Microsoft Certification Job Trends in the South East

Microsoft Certification
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 21 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 194 166 199
Rank change year-on-year -28 +33 -34
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 134 128 147
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.78% 1.43% 1.06%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.79% 3.54% 3.40%
Number of salaries quoted 122 88 92
10th Percentile £26,000 £30,525 £26,825
25th Percentile £28,438 £32,500 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,500 £45,000 £39,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.22% +15.38% -7.87%
75th Percentile £58,750 £57,813 £47,813
90th Percentile £68,625 £66,025 £58,750
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £43,556
% change year-on-year - +3.32% -12.89%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

Microsoft Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the South East.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,537 3,618 4,320
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 20.48% 40.54% 31.24%
Number of salaries quoted 2,095 1,662 2,538
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,025 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £37,500 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £51,300 £52,748
Median % change year-on-year +16.96% -2.74% +0.47%
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microsoft Certification relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Microsoft Certification job vacancy trend in the South East

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Microsoft Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the South East over the 6 months to 21 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Certification in the South East

Microsoft Certification
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the South East region over the 6 months to 21 August 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley +15 57 £46,250 +8.82% 20
Hampshire -5 46 £29,500 -37.89% 7
Berkshire +39 37 £47,500 -7.32% 8
Buckinghamshire -13 11 £67,500 +92.86% 9
Kent -25 11 £30,000 - 7
Surrey -46 10 £49,500 +10.00% 5
Oxfordshire -25 9 £32,500 -9.41% 3
East Sussex -14 5 £40,000 -32.20% 5
Middlesex +23 2 £65,000 - 3
West Sussex -20 1 £31,000 -38.00% 4
Microsoft Certification
England

Microsoft Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 31 (23.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (17.91%) SharePoint
3 10 (7.46%) Apache
3 10 (7.46%) nginx
4 5 (3.73%) WordPress
5 1 (0.75%) Confluence
5 1 (0.75%) IIS
Applications
1 44 (32.84%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.49%) PTC Creo
2 2 (1.49%) Windchill
3 1 (0.75%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (5.22%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.49%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 79 (58.96%) Microsoft 365
2 69 (51.49%) Azure
3 33 (24.63%) Entra ID
4 14 (10.45%) AWS
5 10 (7.46%) IaaS
6 9 (6.72%) Azure Functions
6 9 (6.72%) Azure Monitor
6 9 (6.72%) Google Workspace
6 9 (6.72%) Serverless
7 8 (5.97%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (5.22%) SaaS
9 5 (3.73%) GitHub
9 5 (3.73%) Power Automate
10 4 (2.99%) Cloud Computing
10 4 (2.99%) Mimecast
11 3 (2.24%) Power Platform
12 2 (1.49%) Azure Data Factory
12 2 (1.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 1 (0.75%) Azure Stack
13 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 43 (32.09%) Firewall
2 35 (26.12%) DNS
3 29 (21.64%) DHCP
4 19 (14.18%) LAN
4 19 (14.18%) VLAN
4 19 (14.18%) VPN
4 19 (14.18%) WAN
5 15 (11.19%) VoIP
6 13 (9.70%) SSL
7 11 (8.21%) TCP/IP
8 9 (6.72%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (3.73%) Internet
10 4 (2.99%) Asterisk PBX
10 4 (2.99%) LTE
10 4 (2.99%) VSAT
10 4 (2.99%) Wireless
10 4 (2.99%) WLAN
11 1 (0.75%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (8.96%) SQL Server
2 9 (6.72%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (2.24%) Metadata
3 3 (2.24%) Power BI
4 2 (1.49%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.49%) Power Query
4 2 (1.49%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 14 (10.45%) Git
2 2 (1.49%) JIRA
General
1 97 (72.39%) Social Skills
2 15 (11.19%) Finance
2 15 (11.19%) Retail
3 10 (7.46%) Manufacturing
4 7 (5.22%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (5.22%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (4.48%) Telecoms
6 5 (3.73%) Multimedia
7 4 (2.99%) Electronics
7 4 (2.99%) French Language
7 4 (2.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (2.99%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (1.49%) Swedish Language
9 1 (0.75%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.75%) Aviation
9 1 (0.75%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.75%) Law
9 1 (0.75%) Legal
Job Titles
1 42 (31.34%) IT Support
2 30 (22.39%) Analyst
3 21 (15.67%) Support Analyst
4 20 (14.93%) 1st Line Support
4 20 (14.93%) 1st Line Support Technician
4 20 (14.93%) Support Technician
5 19 (14.18%) IT Engineer
6 18 (13.43%) IT Support Engineer
6 18 (13.43%) Support Engineer
7 17 (12.69%) IT Analyst
7 17 (12.69%) IT Support Analyst
8 15 (11.19%) Senior
9 12 (8.96%) Operations Manager
10 11 (8.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 10 (7.46%) Developer
11 10 (7.46%) NOC Manager
11 10 (7.46%) Senior IT Support
12 9 (6.72%) Senior IT Engineer
12 9 (6.72%) Senior Support Engineer
13 8 (5.97%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (7.46%) .NET
2 7 (5.22%) Web Services
3 5 (3.73%) CSS
3 5 (3.73%) HTML
4 2 (1.49%) PySpark
5 1 (0.75%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.75%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (0.75%) React
Miscellaneous
1 24 (17.91%) Driving Licence
2 7 (5.22%) Cloud Native
3 3 (2.24%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (1.49%) Industry 4.0
4 2 (1.49%) Operational Technology
4 2 (1.49%) PKI
4 2 (1.49%) Replication
4 2 (1.49%) SCADA
4 2 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.75%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.75%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (0.75%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 48 (35.82%) Windows
2 35 (26.12%) Windows Server
3 14 (10.45%) Linux
4 10 (7.46%) Mac OS
4 10 (7.46%) Windows 10
5 7 (5.22%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (1.49%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.75%) Android
7 1 (0.75%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.75%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (39.55%) Problem-Solving
2 35 (26.12%) Customer Service
3 29 (21.64%) Continuous Improvement
3 29 (21.64%) Disaster Recovery
3 29 (21.64%) Mentoring
4 23 (17.16%) High Availability
5 20 (14.93%) Computer Science
5 20 (14.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 20 (14.93%) ITIL
6 17 (12.69%) Project Delivery
7 12 (8.96%) ITSM
7 12 (8.96%) Kalman Filter
7 12 (8.96%) Migration
8 11 (8.21%) ERP
9 10 (7.46%) Business Continuity
9 10 (7.46%) Cybersecurity
9 10 (7.46%) Data Privacy
9 10 (7.46%) Software Engineering
9 10 (7.46%) Systems Engineering
9 10 (7.46%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 16 (11.94%) PowerShell
1 16 (11.94%) SQL
2 15 (11.19%) Python
3 11 (8.21%) Ruby
4 10 (7.46%) C#
5 6 (4.48%) JavaScript
6 5 (3.73%) R
7 4 (2.99%) Bash
7 4 (2.99%) Perl
8 2 (1.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (1.49%) Java
8 2 (1.49%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 69 (51.49%) Degree
2 34 (25.37%) A+ Certification
3 33 (24.63%) Azure Certification
4 12 (8.96%) Network+ Certification
5 11 (8.21%) AWS Certification
5 11 (8.21%) Security Cleared
5 11 (8.21%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 10 (7.46%) DBS Check
6 10 (7.46%) HNC
6 10 (7.46%) SC Cleared
7 9 (6.72%) CompTIA Security+
7 9 (6.72%) MCSE
7 9 (6.72%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 6 (4.48%) CCNA
8 6 (4.48%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (3.73%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 4 (2.99%) HND
10 4 (2.99%) MCSA
11 3 (2.24%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (1.49%) MCAD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (17.16%) Cyber Essentials
2 10 (7.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 8 (5.97%) GDPR
4 6 (4.48%) QA
5 5 (3.73%) Data Quality
6 4 (2.99%) NCSC
7 1 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 39 (29.10%) Active Directory
2 31 (23.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (17.16%) Hyper-V
4 10 (7.46%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (3.73%) Squid
5 5 (3.73%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (2.99%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 32 (23.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (6.72%) Jamf Pro
3 5 (3.73%) HAProxy
4 2 (1.49%) SCCM
4 2 (1.49%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
5 1 (0.75%) Autotask
5 1 (0.75%) WSUS
Vendors
1 132 (98.51%) Microsoft
2 35 (26.12%) VMware
3 22 (16.42%) Veeam
4 14 (10.45%) Cisco
5 11 (8.21%) Apple
6 10 (7.46%) SonicWALL
7 9 (6.72%) Datto
7 9 (6.72%) Google
7 9 (6.72%) Oracle
8 7 (5.22%) HubSpot
8 7 (5.22%) ServiceNow
9 5 (3.73%) Citrix
10 4 (2.99%) Acronis
10 4 (2.99%) N-able
11 3 (2.24%) Dell
12 2 (1.49%) CA Agile Central
12 2 (1.49%) ConnectWise
12 2 (1.49%) PTC
12 2 (1.49%) Symantec
13 1 (0.75%) Juniper